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A UNrrEE STATES PATENT @FFIClEo JOHN E. SPENCER AND GEORGE S. SPENCER, OF STRATFORD, CONN.

ADVERTISING-WINDMILL.

SPECIIEIIZCA'LION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,640, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed October 28, 1882.

tising-Windmill; and we do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

The object of our invention is to attract the particular attention of all persons upon a street.

or sidewalk in a town or city to the business carried on by the proprietor of a store, factory, or office. This we accomplish by constructing a machine which is operated by wind or other power, and having upon it a variety of objects likely to interest the passers by-namely, the four points of compass, as usually indicated by the letters N., E.,W., 3., an arrow or some other suitable index showing the direction from which the wind is blowing, the name of the firm or dealer, and the moving figure representing the article'manufactured or sold, the whole being painted red, white, and blue, or some other gay and lively colors, and thus be quite sure to impress upon the mind of the observer the special class of goods advertised and the place where the same can be purchased, all of which will herein be fully explained and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is andis secured to the overhanging end of said bracket.

C is thebody of the machine, having a shank, a, at the lower end, fitted to revolve freely in a hole in the base, the upper portion of the body (No model.)

having a tapering end, to which is secured the pointer D.

E is the rod which supports the arms b b b b, to the ends of which are secured the letters N.,E ,W.,S., indicating the four points of compass. Said rod passes freely through the center of the body 0 and shank a, but is fastened to the base B, into which the lower end extends. F is the hub of a revolving windwheel, having two or more fans extending from it, in the present case four fans, 00 c 0', all placed at an angle of about forty-five degrees with the vertical and horizontal plane. A shaft, cl, extends from the center of the hub, which is fitted to turn freely in a hole in the body 0. A gear-pinion, e, is secured to said shaft near the hub.

G is the vane of the machine, secured. to the body opposite the wind-wheel.

H is a shaft fitted to turn freely in bearing, f, on the top side of the vane G, and :a bearing, 9, attached to the body 0.

h is a gear-pinion secured to the end of said sh aft H, to be driven by gear 6. To the opposite end of said shaftis secured the grooved pulley t.

I is the moving figure representing the goods manufactured or sold, which is secured to the top of the vane G by means of the rods jj, motion being imparted to the same by means of the belt k, which passes around pulleys 'i and Z. J is a plate hung upon the under side of the vane, and having upon it the name of the firm or dealer and the number of the factory or oflice.

This advertising-windmill may be exposed to the public by securing it in a vertical position on the top of a building, or on a bracket extending from the side walls of the same.

of compass are to be placed and secured in their true positions, so as to give all observers a correct knowledge of the direction of the wind, which revolves the fan-wheel and oper ates the moving figure.

In either case the letters indicating the four points Having thus fully described our invention, 5

we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- An advertising-windmillforexhibiting goods, consisting of the combination of the fan-wheel F, the body 0, adapted to revolve on the base B,an(1 having mounted on its top armsb b Z) 11' described and shown, and for the purpose set and pointer D, to indicate the four points of forth.

eompass, and on its side the "ane G, having JOHN E. SPENCER.

the figure I secured to its upper side and the GEORGE S. SPENCER. name-plate J to its under side, gear-pinions e Witnesses: and h, andshaft H, adapted to operate figure ALLEN N. LESTER, I by means of pulleys i and Z, substantially as I ERNST SIMONSEN. 

